Three Voxxian monsters clambered across Elijah’s broad back, biting and clawing for purchase. He’d just used Iron Scales, so they stood no chance of actually harming him. However, the same couldn’t be said for Isaak, who was running in circles as he tried to avoid yet another creature. He w...
2024-02-01 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe sword whistled past Zeke’s ear, missing him by scant inches. He responded with a herculean uppercut that took the massive Knight in the stomach. His armor buckled as he was lifted a few feet off the ground, and his breath left his body in a rush. However, the Knight, who was under the influ...
2024-02-01 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe forest was silent, but Elijah felt the corruption of the of the nearby dimensional rift. It was clearly higher grade than the one he’d entered back on his island, which didn’t bode well for the difficulties ahead. Even as he focused on that with one facet of his mind, the other partitions...
2024-01-31 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI once dreamed about exploring other words, thinking it would be some grand adventure. But now that I know what’s waiting out there, I just want to be left alone on Earth.
Patrick Ward
“What’s going on?” asked Rex as...
2024-01-31 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostPain erupted in Elijah’s back as his attacker brought incredibly sharp claws to bear. Due to his high Constitution, he wasn’t ripped to shreds, but the claws still scraped against his ribs. As the creature – whatever it was – tore his flesh to ribbons, one facet of Elijah’s mind focused...
2024-01-30 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“You didn’t need as much healing this time,” said Eveline. “That’s progress, isn’t it? You should be happy.”
Busy drying his hair, Zeke didn’t respond. Instead, he settled on the most recent battle. He hated losing control like that, and he knew that if he kept allowing it t...
2024-01-30 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostElijah missed his own bed.
And the tree house. The grove, too. Even Nerthus. When he’d first washed ashore on that island, he’d have never expected to think of it as home, and yet, from the moment he’d departed, he had begun to miss all the things that had grown so familiar. Certainly...
2024-01-29 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostZeke tore himself free of the Knight’s blade, and quite a bit of his rocky flesh came away with it. He stumbled to his knees as a dozen runes latched onto his mana, draining it with every passing second. More, he could feel it dragging down on his stats, impeding his attributes. He dragged hims...
2024-01-29 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Sunday! Which means it's time for everyone's favorite post - the weekly check-in!
This week's been a mixture of fun and tedium. Fun, because I wrote some really cool chapters I'm very excited about. But tedious because I'm currently doing the final edits on Death: Gen...
2024-01-28 17:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve seen versions of war that most people can’t even contemplate. True destruction that boggles the mind and strikes palpable fear into anyone who really understands how close we are to utter annihilation. That is what awaits anyone when they reach the peak. 2024-01-28 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I think about death a lot. About everything just ending. I know there are people out there who believe something comes next. Something better as a reward for a life well-lived. But I don’t know. That’s always felt a little too convenient to me. In my experience, good deed... 2024-01-27 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Atticus slapped Elijah on the back and proclaimed, “You aren’t so bad of a guy, friend. And best of all, you’re rich! So you can buy dinner!”
“Uh…alright?” Elijah said, depositing a few crystalline leaves into his sack. They were guides that he’d bought that would hopefully ...
2024-01-26 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe wall shook, but to Zeke’s surprise, it did not fall. Arrows and skills fell on his shoulders, yet they hit with none of the might one might expect. That was the one of the benefits of [Burden of Sovereignty], which not only strengthened him and his allies, but also sapped the power of his e...
2024-01-26 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“What are you doing out so late?!” the grizzled guard barked. He had an olive complexion and a great, bushy, and black beard. It was almost as if he’d grown such magnificent facial hair in order to make up for the lack of hair on his head. Otherwise, he was short and stocky, wearing a leath...
2024-01-25 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t know what to do,” admitted Knight-Corporal Adara. She was a large woman, with heavy shoulders and a thick neck. More than once, she’d been mistaken for a man, which never bothered her as much as some people thought it should. What did annoy her were the rumors going around that s...
2024-01-25 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning air held a distinct chill as Elijah leaped over a burbling stream. When he reached the other side, he slowed to a stop before shifting into his human form. With a sigh, he unshouldered his pack, setting his two staves aside as he squatted next to the stream. After dipping his hands in...
2024-01-24 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostShe is special. Even in the context of the wider universe, Mira can do things most people can’t. Some of this is by design. We may never know who was behind her carefully planned development, but it set the stage for her to become the unique person she is. But there’s far... 2024-01-24 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Just wanted to let everyone know that Mistrunner 2 is now available on Kindle and Audible. If you want to check it out, just click below:
With mixed feelings dancing in her heart, Carmen watched her son as he trained with the practice spear she had made for him. A few years before, she’d have never condoned such a thing. Back then, even combat sports like boxing or mixed martial arts had been off the table, and she had actively f...
2024-01-23 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostA frigid breeze whistled through the overgrown entrance to the labyrinth, carrying with the musty scent of decay. Zeke stood before it, hesitant to take that all-important first step into the elaborate maze. But it was necessary, as had been established over the past few weeks of travel through t...
2024-01-23 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell of pine needles hung in the air, and regret danced in Elijah’s mind as he padded through the forest. He’d left Norcastle without making the mayor’s guards pay for their transgressions, and he sorely wished he’d taken a different tactic. However, as vicious as his need for justic...
2024-01-22 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe crash was a little anticlimactic. Instead plummeting to the earth, it listed lazily, losing altitude for hours until it settled into a verdant valley. The dell was home to a gentle stream and a few scattered deer, but there were no obvious threats. The kobolds who’d guided the ship to the s...
2024-01-22 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week has come and gone, and things are definitely looking up (not that they were down in the first place, but there's a lot to be excited about from the past week).
First, we're only two days from the release of book two of the Mistrunner series on both Kindle and Audible! &n...
2024-01-21 16:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostNo planet can make it alone. There are too many forces out there that are hellbent on exploitation and oppression. We need allies. The problem is that alliances rarely come cheaply, and usually, they’re just as exploitive as any occupation.
It’s not only about credits. It’s not even about raw resources. It’s about power. Ideology. It’s about keeping your foot on the necks of the people you feel are inferior. That’s what drives organizations like Gamore Confederation. The money is just a means to an end... 2024-01-20 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
“Don’t like this one bit,” growled Kurik as he knelt next to the tracks. He looked around the pass, seeing a story that had played out months before. There were hundreds of tiny arachnid corpses, all in various states of decay. He recognized the species, which on his home world, had been re...
2024-01-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind cut across the skyship’s deck, pelting Zeke with its might. Stoically, he stood his ground, and yet, he felt like he’d been cast adrift. It was not a difficult situation to understand; so far from the ground, the earth mana was almost nonexistent, and so, he’d been cut off from one...
2024-01-19 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostZeke stood outside the jail cell, only a foot away from the door, as he stared through the tiny slit into the small room. He didn’t need to look. Because of his bond with the tower, he knew precisely what was happening in all twenty-six cells. He knew the condition of the prisoners, and with a ...
2024-01-18 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA blanket of snow covered the roofs and collected in the shadowy alleys of Norcastle as Elijah was escorted through the town. From most of the eaves hung garlands and flickering lights, and evergreen wreathes festooned most of the doors. Red and green ribbons and streamers abounded, lending the c...
2024-01-17 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post